Spindle-brake



PATENTED FEB. 16, 1904.

D.- G. BREHENY.

SPINDLE BRAKE.

APPLICATION FILED N0v.14,19o3.

N0 MODEL.

m M MM UNITED STATES Patented February 16, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

SPl NDLE-BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 752,199, dated February 16, 1904.

Application filed November 14, 1903. Serial No. 181,220. (No model.)

To roZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL GEORGE BRE- HENY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York Mills, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spindle- Brakes; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in from the brake-lever.

. defined in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this invention, and in which drawings Figure l is a side elevation of my improved brake-shoe. Fig. 2 is a front elevation. Fig. 3 is a sectional view vertically through the pivotal point of the brake-lever.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a spindle of ordinary construction having a whirl B thereon, which is driven by belted connection in the usual manner, and (J designates an oilcup with pivotal cover at one side thereof.

Mounted upon a shoulder C is a hanger D,

having a-downwardly-bent portion D, from which projects an integral pin F, apertured at F to receive a-key. Said downwardly-projecting portion D is bent toward the spindlesupport, as shown, and has a right-angled shoulder (Z formed therein, which serves to limit the throw of the brake-shoe, as will presently appear from the following description.

The brake-lever (designated by letter E) has an aperture E therein to receive said pin, and

.the spindle.

the angled portion of the lever immediately above the pivotal pin is flattened and adapted to contact with said shoulder 03 and tilt forward or backward, as shown by the dotted lines in the drawings, to limit the throw of the brake-shoe toward the spindle or away from Said lever E is bent at right angles at]? and has an upwardly-projecting arm which is curved behind the whirl of the spindle and carries a shoe Kin the concaved portion of its upper end. The handle end of said lever is downwardly bent and disposed in substantially a vertical plane and in a convenient position for operation by the knee of an operator. The lever is so mounted that the shoecarrying end thereof will overbalance the handle end, and the shoe when released from spindle will fall back by gravity away from the same, while the outer throw of the shoe is limited by the flattened portion of the lever coming in contact with the shoulder upon the hanger.

While I have shown a particular construction of brake-lever, it is my purpose to make the same of various lengths to suit different makes of frames and spindles, and I am aware that it is common in the art to make brakes which hang on the spindle-rail and bear upon the spindle in a manner similar to that disclosed by my invention, and hence I do not make claim, broadly, for such construction.

, Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A brake for spindles comprising in combination with a spindle and support therefor, a

hanger mounted upon the spindle-support having an inwardly bent portion which is shouldered on its outer face, a pin projecting from said hanger near the lower end thereof and underneath said shoulder, an angled brakelever pivotally mounted upon said pin with the portion ofsaid lever underneath the shoulder flattened, and a brake-shoe upon the upper end of the lever and at the rear of the spindle, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL GEORGE BREHENY.

Witnesses:

DENNTs A. SnANNoN, FRANCIS J. LENNON. 

